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CrocographyMarch 3, 2012

Still think that Kampmann is the 2nd best welterweight. And I do feel very bad for Alves, he just can’t get that damn win, no matter what his performance. I think Alves is missing the strategy side of the equation.

Boy, and I thought that Rogan was a biased announcer! Glad the bias didn’t have to carry over to the judges. Martin was losing?! Reversal?! Complete control?! Weird take on the fight. Everytime Alves landed, I guess it was Florian, gushed over his ‘boxing,’ but kept mum when, right on que, Kampmann peppered him with 2-3 great shots.

Thiago must be kicking himself (hard) right now;that was a huge tactical error .He was ahead on points, final round and goes to the ground with a guy who is better on the ground than he himself is.
These guys forget this is a profession ,you’ve got to win to advance to a title shot.Sucks because I’m a big fan of Thiago;but I hope he enjoys Sydney at least.

Great win for Martin, this guy deserves to get top fights. Alves made a big mistake getting carried away in the end, he was winning the fight. Anyway, he will be back and it’s nice to see Martin in the top of the mix.

Goomba, the fact that Alves controlled Kampmann for two rounds and then lost does not mean that he’s the better fighter. Kampmann still got the win. If these guys fought 100 times, you could basically flip a coin every time. Kampmann has better BJJ, but Alves is more explosive with his strikes and takedowns. In hindsight, it was perhaps a tactical error, but if he’d controlled Kampmann on the ground and won from there, no one would be saying “Can’t believe Alves went for that takedown with a minute left!”… Alves was looking to finish out the round strong and on top.

That was an awesome fight! Kampmann has a lot of tools…but his best tool is hanging in there no matter what the other fighter throws his way. If Kapmann works on his boxing a little more, he might get the title one day.

I think most people had Alves winning this fight, but like the old saying goes, “Never leave it in the hands of the judges” thiago may have believed it was 19-19 heading into the 3rd and needed a big exclamation point to finish round. Kampman’s a very dangerous fighter and took advantage of an ill-timed takedown. Thiago will be back and no one will think any less of him by this loss!

reminds me of mir/nogueira 2. big mistake. Not a fluke though martin looked amazing in the 1st round before he got taken down. That was the second most devastating front kick i’ve seen in ufc. Alves looked as good as ever but damn was that dumb!

@Thxer
Are you an idiot??1st of all Martin is a mixed martial artist not a kickboxer.And 2nd of course he will wrestle Alves,the better striker,because ach time he threw a combo,Alves blocked it and countered with power punches that hurt Martin.Martin landed 1 good front kick the the chin for tons of power shots on the head.Of course he will grapple with a guy if Martian has an advantage.You are truely idiot.

Just wondering if you ever considered putting up the footage between rounds in the corners? Maybe it’s just me but I enjoy watching the fighters in the corners with their trainers.

Bruno: I don’t upload the vids. I just link to them. The reason you don’t see all the extras on the fights is because most of the vid hosting sites have time limits plus it makes the files much larger.

It always cracks me up when people think that a fighter who pulls off a submission got LUCKY!!! My god people, wake the f@ck up…Luck has absolutely nothing to do with it. Way to hang in there Kampmann. If you think it was luck, check out the picture of Martin’s face looking into the camera right after Alves taps. Does that look like the face of someone who got LUCKY, or the face of someone who would not be denied his VICTORY!

It has nothing to do with luck at my fight in the sts competition i fought an extremely good guy eveyrone thought this guy was gonna kill me but he couldnt take me out i survived an gave him the best fight i was in a bad spot at one point then i almost won by submission and my arm died out an he got me, you absolutley right it aint about luck alves jus happen to fall into it,an of course hes gonn a wrestle with alves this is mma doesnt fucking matter you gotta keep fighting an do what ever it takes to wore your oponent down an beat him an leave that cage with a win, even if u lose u learn something i bet alves did here